%0 Journal Article
%T Does Distress Thermometer Have a Utility in the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic?
%A Sherif Mohamed
%A Ghada Elgohary
%A Azza Abd ElHaffez
%A Ehab Kamel
%A Nashwa Abd El-Aziz
%J Open Access Library Journal
%V 7
%N 8
%P 1-6
%@ 2333-9721
%D 2020
%I Open Access Library
%R 10.4236/oalib.1106643
%X The psychological impacts of the new COVID-19 pandemic are already evident. The pandemic sequelae will be observed in many populations: clinicians who care for patients with COVID-19, patients with COVID-19 and their families, patients with established psychiatric disorders, as well as the general population. Distress Thermometer (DT) is a single-item, self-report measure of distress that provides a brief, visual analogue, non-invasive screening for distress among cancer patients, as well as patients with chronic diseases. In this brief report, we try to answer the question of: does distress thermometer have a utility in the era of COVID-19 pandemic?
%K COVID-19
%K Distress Thermometer
%K Screening
%K Clinical
%U http://www.oalib.com/paper/5437114